Japanese hardware sales, March 16 - March 22: Back on top edition

We've seen a lot of sleepless nights in the past couple of weeks, folks. Our slumbers have frequently been interrupted with haunting visions of sales charts where some iteration of Nintendo's handheld doesn't take top honors. With this trend broken, we lose the ability to tap into our trusty well of "Japan buyz sooo many DSes LOLOL!" jokes -- or as we simply refer to it: Our Grade-A material.

Fortunately, the DSi saw a monumental revival this week, thanks largely to the release of the DS-exclusive chart-topper Super Robot Taisen K. No other title on the software sales chart included robots -- let alone super robots -- further contributing to the DSi's meteoric reascension. Balance has once again been restored to the world, and our sleeps can regain their long-missed dormancy. Oh, and Japan buyz sooo many DSes. LOLOL!

Ahh, it's good to be back.

- DSi: 71,233

43,669 (158.43%)
- PSP: 65,765

22,302 (51.31%)
- PS3: 25,435

2,579 (9.21%)
- Wii: 18,095

154 (0.86%)
- DS Lite: 8,948

2,623 (22.67%)
- Xbox 360: 5,441

2,937 (35.06%)
- PS2: 5,067

223 (4.60%)

[Source: Media Create]

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Reader Comments (28)

So the PS3 is beginning to descend back to normal, but maybe the mysterious, monumental announcement coming Tuesday might change things

(though we don't know if that's about the PS3 or some other facet of the PS brand)

Just curious, is ANYONE credible running that news story? Or is it just "I heard it from a friends brothers acquaintance who works at Sony" level professionalism dripping down the legs of sites like Kotaku?

@Sheppy: "Sony dropped Kotaku a line to let us know that something is going down on Tuesday, March 31st."

Apparently, Sony emailed them directly. But then again, this'll probably be for the PS2 dropping to $99, as found by someone in Kmart down the Joystiq front page.

thing that makes me call BS on this story is Kotaku is just full of sony hate

People are hyping this announcement to much...its probably nothing big

Wow, this is a sad day indeed. Now Joystiq is following the story. As if they learned nothing from the Robert Suma/Megabomb incident.

strange thing to me is the PS3 and wii sales

Everyone already owns a Wii.

I thought everyone buys a DS over there for.....

Oh crap. Something about paper currency and the creation of it.

Nah. Can't be.

OR CAN IT?!

You silly... only Nintendo's corporate headquarters has the magical money-printing versions of the DS and Wii.

...Anyone want to plunder the place to see if they could find it?

There's no magic involved, just make your system lower priced than the competition, easy to use, not daunting or intimidating and attractive to the elderly, hot chicks and little children and you are golden!

woo

its pronounced Wii, not woo.

they buy alot of psps too

yea i gotta tell ya, i've been pretty impressed with the PSP. i mean it's not close to the DS in marketshare but it has certainly held it's own better than any other handheld competing against a Nintendo handheld if memory serves. it usually finishes from 1-3 switching places with the DS and Wii in Japan, which is a pretty impressive feat considering Nintendo's machines print money and all.

Hell, its the only one that has survived against Nintendo where others have fallen like Sega and SNK, that alone is a feat in of itself. I'm glad there is competition against the DS and that we have choice, where with the PSP, I can mostly get a console experience on the go whereas the DS has more quick pick up and play games.

Using a black guy for a boxing game is Racism!
Using Black Zombies is Racism!
Using Penises with tiny eyes and tiny feet that attack vaginas is Racism!

Get over it maybe?

And wtf does that have to do with this post?

maybe if you're a regular on Joystiq or Weblogs you'll know that there is a problem with the system reposting or moving posts to different threads?

Relax. I posted this in another thread a long time ago.

sorry if im a noob... but why do they always do Japan sales. I mean there's alot more world out there with alot more people, who can buy alot more games.

am i wrong?

Before you are voted into oblivion, let me tell you that the Japanese sales are released Weekly, North American sales monthly.

That's what i like to see, the PS3 may have dropped down the sales chart, but still almost 5:1 vs Errorbox sales - those Japs really aren't fooled by MS are they.

Japan - knowing what's what with technology, since, like forever!

Oh if I could travel back in time and assault your mother with a coat hanger....

Japan - Taking american technology and making it cheaper and better since 1952

You might have that backwards, rudolphe. Japan and China have been the technological leaders for decades now. Consoles were coming out of Japan quite a few years before North America jumped on the bandwagon.

But Sexualchocolate, I agree with Sheppy.

So now everyone in Japan will have 3 ds's?

Wow--360 will almost certainly be in the basement next week, outsold by the PS2 if the price cut is in Japan too.

Thank you Joystiq! I doubt it was on account of little ol' me, but I asked if you guys could use a different DSi pic because of the color of the other one and you did it.

Japanese hardware sales, March 16 - March 22: Back on top edition

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